Effectivenessof Meranos Program to the Most Problematic Student in Terms of Discipline, Confidence, and Performance in Mathematics Grade 7

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Teachers' few days at Grade 7 Golen was going smoothly until such time that she observed a certain student G.S. who always displaying misbehavior in her class. The student always standing and walking around to disturb his classmates. As a result, there was a constant quarrel between him and his classmates. Not only that, his absence contributed to his failure in teachers' subject during the first grading. To address this problem, the researchers decided to talk to the person to really understand his side. She found out that his attitude was brought about by several contributing factors from family problems to personal motivation towards learning.

METHODS

The researcher uses case analysis to analyze the situation of the student through two methods, one was through a personal interview, the second was through secondary data interviews. The researcher also employs different methods to change the student's bad behavior. These methods were talking to the student and trying to relate to his difficulties and weaknesses in my subject. Assigning a peer tutor to him who is advanced in the class to help him review past lessons and even have advanced studies for at least 15 minutes each school day. Always communicating with the class that the subject is easy; it is just a matter of attitude towards the subject and giving it a chance. Retention rate through test scores, the participation rate in class discussions, and the increase in attendance was determined.

RESULTS

There's a significant change when it comes to the quizzes of the student, it showed that from a 37% retention rate during the first grading in his knowledge aspect, it increased to 59.4%. During the first grading period, the student was really misbehaving. When he's inside the classroom, he just walks around and disturbs his classmates. When he is called to participate, he just didn't care. I observed now that his records in participation increased. I can now see him raising his hand to do board works and he's improving when it comes to his behaviors. Sometimes he got wrong answers during class discussions but I am happy those did not hinder her from trying again and again. There's a decrease in the absence of the student in my class for the second grading.

DISCUSSIONS

The practice of having open communication with students and having a peer tutor help a certain student uplift his confidence, perception of the subject and improve his learning and performance in mathematics.